Hurricanes Taking the Year Off

Monday, 28 October 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Not that anyone is complaining, but we’re in the midst of the slowest hurricane season since 1982. There have been only two Atlantic hurricanes this year - neither of them major storms. USA Today explains the phenomenon. Unusually dry, dusty air from the Sahara Desert along with “sinking air” over the Atlantic combined to suppress hurricane activity.

SOURCE: USA Today